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The Everglades Experiments : Lessons For
Curtis J. Richardson
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Description for The Everglades Experiments : Lessons For
Paperback. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 720 pages, 249 black & white illustrations, 79 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1086.
In the late 1960s, I worked as a graduate teaching assistant in plant ecology for the late Dr. John Henry Davis at the University of Florida. On one of our visits to the Everglades, he mentioned to me that he had been studying problems of the Everglades since the early 1930s, and that rapid growth in Florida, unless checked, was about to doom the Everglades. He hoped his vegetation survey of the Everglades and his v- etation map could someday be used to help restore the Everglades to some semblance of what it had been prior to the turn of ... Read more
In the late 1960s, I worked as a graduate teaching assistant in plant ecology for the late Dr. John Henry Davis at the University of Florida. On one of our visits to the Everglades, he mentioned to me that he had been studying problems of the Everglades since the early 1930s, and that rapid growth in Florida, unless checked, was about to doom the Everglades. He hoped his vegetation survey of the Everglades and his v- etation map could someday be used to help restore the Everglades to some semblance of what it had been prior to the turn of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Series
Ecological Studies
Number of Pages
702
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441931658
SKU
V9781441931658
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About Curtis J. Richardson
About the Author: Curtis J. Richardson is a professor of Resource Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, and Director of the Duke University Wetland Center in Durham, NC.
Reviews for The Everglades Experiments : Lessons For
From the reviews: "The Everglades experiments is one of the few synthesis books that could be used by policy makers and scientists to adopt strategies for Everglades restoration. … The Everglades experiments: lessons for ecosystem restoration is a great resource to scientists and researchers at different universities, and state and federal agencies that are involved ... Read more